Commonwealth v. Lester

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• when evidence leaves it “wholly uncertain” whether property is in the possession of the owner rather than under the protection of the building, it does not warrant a conviction of larceny in a building

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Reyner
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1907-07-30· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Cruz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-08-19· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Nott
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1883-06-21· cited 17×
• McDermott v. W. T. Grant Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-05-24· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Wellard
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-01-28· cited 16×
• Zinkfein v. W. T. Grant Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1920-06-24· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Sollivan
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-04-12· cited 11×
• State v. Patterson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1889-04-15· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Barklow
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-09· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Green
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-09-27
• Commonwealth v. Troy
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1996-02-20

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1873-01-15· cited 6×